Brooder stove



W. H. WALTER.

BROODER STOVE.

`APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3, 1922. 15,484,273. 19mm-.sd oct. 31, 1922.

Patented oa. ai, ieee.'

entrena-stares Wittmann. waarna, or Daarvan, coronario.

BROODER STOWEE.

Application led February, 1922. ySerial No. 533,740.

To all whom t may coment.'

Be it known that l, W'ILLIAM H. WALTER,

above the upper surface of grate 4 is an air shaft whic-h is formedbetween the inner side l .a citizen of the United. States, residing inof member 2 and the arcuate part 12. Along the cityA and county ofDenver and State of\\the inner surface of member 3 and located Colorado,have invented certain new and useful improvements 1n Brooder Stoves;

and l do-declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled inthe art to which it appertains tomake and use the same,reference being had to the accompany ing drawings, and to the charactersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. V

rlhis invention relates to new and-useful improvements in. stoves, andespecially to a stove known as a brooder stove.

lt is the object of this invention to provide a stove that shall be ofsubstantial and inexpensive construction, which is built on the hotblast principle and which is provided with a reliable draft regulatingattachment whichv is automatically controlled by a temperatureresponsive device which serves to keep the temperature from varyf ingtoo much from that desired. l

v'In order to more clearly describe my invention, l shall havereference-to the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 shows a verticalsection through my brooder stove, and shows thehood in place thereon;

Fig."2 is a section taken on line *Q -2, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the stove, and

shows the relative location of the draft feed and flue openings and Fig.4 is a section on line 4 4, showing the manner of attaching the cover tothe stove.

rlhe same reference numerals will be use-:1 to indicate vthe same orsimilar parts throughout the several views.

Numeral 1 represents the base portion of the stove and 2 represents thefire pot section which is above the rate, while 3 indicates thecombustion cham er section of the stove body. llt will'be noted that thebase portion 1 is upwardly tapering, and the fire pot section 2 isdownwardly tapering, and at the juncture of the two, l prov ide a grate4 beneath which is located an ash pan 5. The combustion chamber `section3 is bolted to the lower part 2 by means of bolts 6 which ass throughoutwardly extending lugs 7. xtending from a point 10 a short distancedirectly yabove shaft 11 is another air passage 13, formed by the innerside of member 3 and the arcuate member 14. Shaft 13 is somewhat largerin cross section than shaft 11, and by this means passage 15 is providedbetween the two. At the top of member 3, l provide two spaced lugs 16,between which ll pivotally mount a damper l17 which is adapted to closethe upper end of air passage 13. Damper 17 has an outwardly extendingportion 18, to which is pivotally connected a rod 19 whose lower end isconnected to lever 20, which is controlled by a thermostatic member 21,supported on a bracket 22 which is secured to the lower innervsurface ofhood 9' by means of bolts 23.- rThe outer end of lever 20 is movablysecuredv to bracket 22 by means of a bolt 24 and rests upon theprojecting portion 25 of the thermostat 21.

When the thermostat 21 becomes heated,

it expands and moves the end of lever 20 able cover member 29 having ahandle 30.

ln Fig. 3 l have shown a plan view of the top of the stove and thisshows that the draft passage 13, feed opening 28 and flue opening 27 arespaced apart on a diameter, with the feed opening 28 located between theother two; this forms a convenient arrangement and permits the coal tobe fed centrally of the stove and makes it necessary for the air to passfrom one side of the stove to the other in order to reach the flue 27.By my arrangement, air entering through the passage 13 will partly enterthe space above the fire through opening 15, and a portion of it willpass down and enter above the grate 4, while the remainder will passdown below the grate; a ood distribution of air is thus obtained. s myair enters from above, it will become highly heated before it enters thecombustion chamber and .26 is secured by tained. A vcut-out portion 31is provided in the hood and enables thel same to be removed withoutremoving the damper 17.

0n the inside of'member 3 near the top thereof, I provide lugs 8to'which the top top bolts 31. The hood 9 is provided'wit legs 32 bymeans of which it is supported on the floor 33. Legs 32 are preferablymade of U-shaped or angular` material with the edges bent over asindicated by numeral 34. It is customary to have the hood suspended fromthe stove but I have found that thisv necessitates careful leveling ofthe stove in order to get the lower edge of the hood evenly spaced fromthe Hoor. By using supports and resting them on the floor surface thehooclvwill al- ;vays be properly spaced from the floor surace.

From the above it will appear that l have invented a brooder stove thatcan be 'cheaply made and which is substantial in construction andautomatic in its operation.

Having now described my invention or discovery, what l claim as newv is:

1. A stovev comprising in combination, a base portion, a tW'o-partsection supported onthe base portion, said section being upwardlydivergent, a grate located at the juncture of the base and the divergentsec-v tions, an air passage extending within said divergent section froma point directly above the grate to the top thereof, a damper hinged tothe up er edge of the magazine and adapted to c ose the upper end of theair passage, a cover on said divergent section, said cover having a'feedopening centrally thereof and a flue opening to one side thereof.

2. A stove comprising in combination, a,

base portion, a two-part section supported on the base portion, saidsection being upwardly divergent, a grate located at vthe juncture ofthe base and the divergent sections, an air passage extending withinsaid divergent section from a point directly above the grate to the topthereof, a damper hinged to the upper edge of the magazine 4metricallyacross from the air passage.

3. Astove comprising in combination, a base portion, .a two-part sectionsupported on the base portion, said portion being up- Wardly divergent,a grate located ,at the juncture of the base and the divergentsecreeaava tions,.` an air passage extending within said hinged to theupper edge of the portion and adapted to close the upper end of the airpassage, said air passage having a pas-l sage nto the combustion chamberat some distance above the grate, a cover secured to the top of saiddivergent section and having a central feed opening therein and a'gasflue eccentrically arranged thereon, said flue opening being arranged`diametrically across from the air passage,` and lugs on the outersurface of said portion for supporting a hood.

4. A stove comprising in combination, a base portion, a two-part sectionsupported on the base portion, said section being upwardly divergent, agrate located at the juncture of the base and the divergent section, anair passage extending within said divergent section from a pointdirectly above the grate to the top thereof, a damper hinged to theupper edge ofthe section and adapted to close the upper end of the`l airpassage, said air passage having a passige into the combustion chamberat some dista'nce above the grate, a cover secured to the top of saiddivergent section and having a eccentrically arranged thereon, said flueopenlng belng arranged dlametrlcally across from the air passage, andthermostatic into the combustion chamber at some dis-v tance above thegrate, a cover secured to the top of said divergent section and havinga` central feed opening therein and a gas flue eccentrically arrangedlthereon, said flue opening being arranged diametrically across from theair passage, a hood, a thermostatic means supported'on the insideof saidhood near the bottom thereof, means connecting said thermostatic meansto the damper whereby the latter is controlled in accordance with thetemperature, and lsupports secured to the lower edge of the hoodforsupporting the same from the floor. In testimony whereof I aiix mysignature.

WrLLrAM H. WALTER.

Acentral feed openlng therein, and a gas flue

